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5 Ways Community Theatre Directors Can Give Better Notes

5 Ways Community Theatre Directors Can Give Better Notes

If there’s one thing every community theatre director knows, it’s this: notes are part of the process. But how we give them — when, where, and in what form — matters almost as much as what the notes actually are. A recent article on OnStage Blog by Chris Peterson...

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In Community Theatre, Your Reputation is Everything

In Community Theatre, Your Reputation is Everything

Here in the land of regional theatre, there is no HR department.  There is no agent smoothing things over.  There is no publicist spinning your bad behaviour into “artistic temperament.”  There is no paycheck large enough to justify misery. All you have is your...

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Greed vs. Success

Greed vs. Success

They are not the same thing. Stop pretending they are. Somewhere along the way, we let a dangerous lie take hold in our culture: that more money equals more success. It just doesn’t. Full stop.  It’s the justification of greed, which is what happens when success...

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